Package-carrier for bicycles



Patented Sept. 6, |898.

D. G. KNITTEL. PACKAGE CARRIER FR BICYCLES.

(Appliction filed SeptA 13, 1897.)

(No Model.)

Wn 'n UNITED STATES FATENT @mica DAVID G. KNITTEL, OFPITTSBURG,PENNSYLVANIA.

PACKAGE-GARFIER FR BIYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of -Letters Patent No. 610,404, datedASeptember 6, 1898. Application filed September 13, 1897. Serial No.651,427. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID G. KNITTEL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, resid- 'ing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPackage-Carriers for Bicycles, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in packageor luggage carriers, and more particularly to that class adapted to beattached to and employed for carrying various packages upon bicycles,velocipedes, and the like.

The invention aims to provide a luggagecarrier of this character whichmay be adjusted to conform to the size or style of the package to beattached thereto and when not in use may be readily folded in a neat andcompact manner, thus not necessitating its removal from the wheel.

The invention further aims to provide a luggage-carrier that may bequickly removed from the bicycle or velocipede when so desired and thatwill be extremely simple in its construction throughout,stron g,durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and eifectual in theperformance of all its functions.

W'ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, and wherein like letters ofreference indicate similar parts throughout the several views,in whichFigure l is a perspective view of my improved carrier detached from thewheel, showing in dotted lines the position in which a box or package isstrapped thereon. Fig. 2 is a side view of the carrier attached to thebicycle-head and in the folded position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofthe bicycle-head7 taken on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a portion of the upright rods 5o of the carrier.

The invention consists of the frame, the upright or vertical rods a ofwhich may be form ed of a single strand of wire doubled upon itself toform the two rods and having its lower ends bent outwardly and formedinto eyelets b, which are adapted to receive the hook end c of the lowersupporting-rods d, which are likewise formed of a single strand of wireor other suitable material. The wires or rods a are connectedtogethernear their lower ends by the wire e, looped onto each rod, andare held to the bicycle-head f by means of clamps g, secured to each rodand operating thereon, said clamps being provided with apertures 72, toreceive the fastening-bolt 7c, which binds the clamps to thebicycle-head. At the upper end of the frame these rods a are engaged bythe hook ends Z of a wire frame m, upon which are secured clamps g',similarly con- Structed and operating in a like manner to the clamps g,and which are bound to a bolt 7o', passing through the apertures 7L',provided in these upper clamps. The rods ad also carry a sliding platen, to which are rotatably secured the plates n and n2, the edges ofwhich are turned over or overlapped in order to form eyelets for theends of the horizontal rods o and o', the outer ends of which are formedwith eyelets o2, which receive the eX- tensible horizontal frames p,each of which is formed of a single strand of wire bent upon itself andpassing through the eyelets o2 and the ends bent around the rods o and oand adapted to slide thereon. Thus when a large package is being carriedthese extensible portions p may be extended to their full length7 so asto increase the horizontal support thus formed, and when a smallerpackage is to be carried the same may be closed, which will produce ahorizontal support of but the length of the rods 0 and o'. Vhen notdesired for use, the sliding plate n maybe forced to the upper end ofthe rods a and the horizontal supports o and o folded downwardlytogether, which is permitted by reason of the plates carrying the samebeing pivoted to the plate m, thus bringing the carrier into theposition shown in Fig. 2 and not necessitating its removal from thewheel, and it will be noted that various changes may be made in thedetails of construction without departing from the general spirit of myinvention.

Having fully described my invention, what IOO I clairn as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a luggage-carrier, an upright frame, clamps secured tol said framewhereby the same may be secured to a bicycle or the like, a slidingplate carried by said frame, extensible horizontal frames having one oftheir ends secured to plates, said plates being rotatably secured to thesliding plate whereby the said horizontal frames can be folded intoalinement with the upright frame, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a luggage-carrier, an upright frame

